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ately I have enjoyed the outdoors from my yoga hammock, as I hang upside-down from old live oak that leans over a sandy bank overlooking the Choctaw Bay. As I lose myself in deep meditation while watching the leaves fall and listening to the water move, the stress melts away effortlessly and I experience that deep connection with nature, where nothing else seems to matter. We celebrate Earth Day this month, gathering to care for our precious planet with intentions to find betDaralyn and Scott ter ways for the future for all life that is dependent on Chase the mysterious balance. Christine McDonald reminds us in this month’s feature, “Nature’s Wisdom,” how connected and dependent we are upon nature, with a closer look at how it heals us and sustains us. As we join in on the festivals and opportunities to reconnect, we also take a moment to discover the newest opportunities to save our natural resources and our environment that is there for our good. Our “Spring Greening” article begins an Earth-friendly journey from the homestead, with initiatives and steps you can take from your very own dwelling. In addition, we reached out to a few our local experts to learn how they suggest we can put a dent in our air, water and energy resource. Dan Gardner, of Compass Solar, Douglass Wagner, of Emerald Air and Everclean Green, and John Frey, of Spectrum Paint, provided a look at some of the groundbreaking products and movements available to all Northwest Florida homeowners, toward saving the planet and saving the greenbacks. While you’re home, putting the ideas to use, take a moment to read about 10 time-saving tips for a healthy garden in “Homegrown Organic Made Easy,” by Barbara Pleasant. Think of the money you will save growing your own organics. I must also mention, after spending the past 20 years working from a computer desk, this past week I made a go of the “Stand up for Healthier Workplace” ideas Nicole Larson shared with us this month and discovered simple, quick and beneficial moves to stay active and feel better, even from my desk. April is such a beautiful time to reconnect with nature, so join us as you slip off your shoes, find a blanket of fresh grass or a little less-traveled beach sand to settle down with this month’s magazine and be inspired to take care of mother nature—healing and nurturing yourself. Happy Earth Day!

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Dawn’s Light Margaret Biggs Pensacola native Margaret Biggs pays homage to the beauty found in nature and the spirituality a relationship with it ensures through her uniquely rendered oil paintings. She embarks upon each piece as a conquest to capture that profound peace and wisdom and bring it into the hearts of all those that view her work. For her cover painting, Dawn’s

Light, Biggs chose the Pensacola Lighthouse, built in 1859 in this historic city. The lighthouse and the sun rising are both symbols of hope for our incredibly beautiful natural world and the love that resides in everyone’s soul. Biggs remarks, “Nature is my refuge. I cherish it, and hope to guide people towards sensing the tranquility and connectedness that is inherent everywhere.” Along with magnificent portrayals of the environment, she presents these forms as symbols of deeper meaning through her poetry, which reflects upon themes of love, loss, selfdiscovery, transformation and peace. Displaying regularly in art festivals throughout the Southeast, Biggs now sells nationwide. She is scheduled to show at Artsquest, in Destin, on May 8, 9 and 10, and Art in the Park, in Seville Square, in Pensacola, on May 16 and 17. Her next solo show, Visions; Through Paintings and Poetry, will be on display at the Pensacola Museum of Art from September 26 through November 14. Visitors may arrange a studio visit by emailing Margaret@MargaretBiggs. com. A collection of her paintings and poetry can be found in her book Visions II; Through Paintings and Poetry, available at Amazon.com and MargaretBiggs.com.

Nature is my refuge. I cherish it, and hope to guide people towards sensing the tranquility and connectedness that is inherent everywhere. ~Margaret Biggs

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he husband-and-wife team of Dr. Peter Shark, AP, and Niko Shark, HHC, have opened Gulf Coast Wellness, located at 310 East Government Street, in Pensacola, overlooking downtown Seville Square. Gulf Coast Wellness is an integrative medicine clinic that uses natural, drug-free approaches. They make a careful analysis of each individual to create a customized treatment plan. Peter is an acupuncture physiNiko Shark Peter Shark cian who uses acupuncture, herbal medicine and neuro-nutrient therapy to treat pain, injury, organ dysfunction, anxiety, depression, insomnia and food cravings. Having operated an acupuncture and nutrition clinic in San Francisco, for more than seven years, he has family roots in the Pensacola area going back to the 1960s. Niko is a holistic health consultant who is also a certified GAPS practitioner. She specializes in analyzing nutrition and digestive function to resolve digestive problems, autoimmune conditions, hormone imbalances, adrenal dysfunction, reactive skin conditions and childhood behavioral disorders. For more information, call 850-390-0774, email DrShark@wellgulfcoast.com. Or visit WellGulfCoast.com.

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Transitioning On and Off the Mat with Dr. Michael DeMaria

r. Michael DeMaria will present Yoga of Twilight: Transitioning with Grace and Grit On and Off the Mat, from 3 to 5 p.m., April 11, at URU Yoga and Beyond, in Pensacola. DeMaria will lead participants through a series of meditations and poses to explore the in-between spaces in our life that actually lead to expeMichael DeMaria riencing who we truly are beyond our concepts of self and other, joy and sorrow, life and death, the in breath and the out. “This ‘gap’ is the place where all manifestation occurs, it is the place of pure potentiality and infinite possibility—yet it also comes at a great price—the price of letting go of certainty, ideas, beliefs and expectations of ourselves, each other and reality,” says. DeMaria. “It is the place also of death and rebirth. We will practice the art of unknowing and surrendering into the twilight of our own being and becoming, through meditation, movement and mindfulness practices.” Cost is $25. Location: 2400 Executive Plaza Rd., Pensacola. For more information call 850-377-5334 or visit uruyoga.com.

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he Montessori School of Pensacola is offering a unique summer camp experience for preschool through sixth grade that opens a child’s creativity with a variety of themes ranging from cooking and drama to Spanish, technology and science. The registration deadline for June classes is May 1, and the deadline for July and August programs is June 1. Preschool programs include Lazy Days of Summer, Drama, Jewelry, Around the World, Cooking, Science, Music and Composers, Art and Artists, Art, and Gala, their own end-of-summer celebration to display their unique works of art. Elementary programs include Archaeology, Explore Pensacola, Drama, Movement Adventures, Woodworking, Musical Theater, Puppets, Weave It, Sew It, Make It, Hands-on Science and Design and Adorn Art Week. Cost is $50 fee to register, and tuition is $150 per week. Extended care is available from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for $70 more per week. To register, call 850-469-8138 or email Irene@MontessoriPensacola.com. For a complete schedule, visit MontessoriPensacola. com/summer.

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ure Pilates, in Downtown Pensacola, is celebrating National Pilates Day 2015 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 2, with free Pilates, yoga, barre, aerial yoga and kangoo jump classes, special promotions on packages, and clothing for purchase.

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oug Keller instructs yoga teachers around the world, establishing a new paradigm for training, particularly in the area of therapeutics and healing. From noon to 5 p.m., April 14 to 16, he will present an opportunity for teachers that wish to expand their horizons and have their efforts and excellence recognized and supported. The training is open to all styles of yoga. From April 17 to 19, Keller offers solid teaching and insight into the anatomy and workings of the human body in relation to yoga, and into the possibilities for healing through yoga. The weekend is open to all yoga students.

Musical Echoes Native Flute School intensive, featuring Dr. Michael DeMaria, Dr. Clint Goss and Vera Shanov, offers two days of workshops, presentations and musicmaking from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 23 and 24, at the Marina Bay Resort, in Ft. Walton Beach. The Musical Echoes flute festival will immediately follow the flute school. Each day can be attended separately. Participants with all levels of experience on native flutes (even beginners) are welcome. The goal is to come away with the ability to play with confidence, get out of a musical rut and gain an understanding of rhythms, tones and improvisation. The focus is on health and healing, song composition and solo performing. This workshops provide a supportive, inclusive, non-critical approach based on three decades of experience in humanistic music education, because experience and self-discovery form the best bonds with lifelong music learning.

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anni Hall offers a Chinese medicine, such as signature blend of use of acupressure and the energy medicine Five Elements Model (also and energy psychology called Five Rhythms), and at East of Eden Retreat & I use energy kinesiology to Spa, based on the needs assess and determine treatof each client. She will ment for each of the nine conduct a daylong retreat systems within the client.” workshop, Energy Medi Her journey from cine 101, in celebration directing student support of International Women's teams at an Ivy League Day, on April 18, foluniversity to becoming an lowed by three days of energy medicine practitioindividual sessions. ner began with a simple Tanni Hall “Energy medicine realization that sometimes offers tools for self-care and at-home talking it through is not enough. As techniques to accelerate progress,” says associate dean of students at Cornell Hall. Workshops can be tailored to the University, with a master's degree in needs of each group, and cover topics education and concentration in counsuch as peak performance for athletes seling psychology, Hall supervised a and performers, stress management, spectrum of student services, including and Energy Medicine 101 and 102. crisis management, diversity education “I create a safe and loving enand peer counseling. vironment in which each client will In her 28-year career at the experience their own body’s natural university, Hall and her teams helped healing power,” she says. “I specialstudents, staff and families confront ize in the gentle treatment of pain, issues ranging from hospitalization to stress and anxiety; grief and trauma; death and other loss. They also develovercoming limiting beliefs and fears; oped programs and workshops to build autoimmune issues; hormone balancstronger skills for health and well-being; injury and surgery recovery; and ing. Hall says, “I wanted to bring more enhancing passion, purpose and joy. integrated, mind-body approaches. I In my sessions, I draw especially from saw students re-traumatized by some

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Hope for Our Future by Julianne Hale

hen we learn about the condition of our most valuable resource—this spinning planet we call home—we may feel a sense of urgency, desperation or even defeat. Global climate change is a powerful foe, and current efforts may seem like a losing race against time. Yet, mounting evidence suggests that the global community is making progress, giving rise to the possibility that climate change may not be the insurmountable obstacle we once thought. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) article, “We Can Do This: 10 Reasons there’s Hope for our Climate,” by Dan Upham, summarizes a speech given by EDF President Fred Krupp at the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival (Tinyurl. com/HopeForTheClimate). Here are some encouraging highlights. The price of solar energy panels has dropped by 75 percent in the U.S. since 2008, and affordable wind energy is increasingly available. According to a study published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, carbon dioxide emissions from energy in this country dropped by 10 percent between 2005 and 2012. In addition, China, the world’s largest producer of greenhouse gases, is actively seeking ways to reduce emissions. Proof of progress is also found in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan to cut billions of tons of pollution, a goal supported by two-thirds of Americans, according to a survey conducted by Harstad Strategic Research. Aligned with this, the government is requiring that manufacturers double automobile fuel mileage by 2025.

Perhaps the best argument for hope reflects the priorities of America’s younger generations. A recent bipartisan poll of young voters conducted by Benenson Strategy Group and GS Strategy Group suggests that 80 percent of voters under the age of 35 support the president taking action to address climate change, making it an issue that both major political parties must take seriously. It’s time to realize that mankind is making decided progress, that the majority of us do care, that what local communities accomplish has a positive effect and that the global community can take the steps needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Become a part of the solution by attending one or more of the community events listed here.

Bay County Earth Day

Creative individuals, families and local businesses in Bay County are coming together for the 11th annual Bay County Earth Day Festival, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 18, at McKenzie Park, in downtown Panama City. Entertainment includes country, bluegrass, folk and singer/songwriters. An eclectic mix of environmental education, local green booths and wildlife conservation collectives comprise an Earth-minded affair, sponsored by the Friends of St. Andrew Bay and the Jelks Family Foundation. For more information, call 850-2581276 or email Henry@EarthDayBayCounty.com.

People of all ages can participate in the annual Citizen Okaloosa Environmental Council Spring Earth Day Beach Cleanup, held from 8 to 10 a.m., April 25, at three locations. Volunteers should wear closed-toed shoes, gloves, caps and sunscreen. Locations include Okaloosa Island: Beasley Park (Highway 98, East of Brooks Bridge); Beach Walk East of Surfdweller (Santa Rosa Boulevard); and Henderson Beach State Park (Highway 98. East of Destin). The Environmental Council also maintains an Adopt-A-County Road and Adopt-A-Dune litter control program. Volunteer T-shirts are available free of charge while supplies last. For more information, call 850-651-7131 or email nhussong@co.okaloosa.fl.us.

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U.S. Recognizes Companies for Earth-Sound Policies Each year, the U.S. Department of State presents Awards for Corporate Excellence recognizing U.S.-owned businesses that play vital roles worldwide as good corporate citizens. Parameters include supporting sustainable development, respect for human and labor rights, environmental protection, open markets, transparency and other democratic values. The 2014 winners, announced last December, include the EcoPlanet Bamboo Group, in Nicaragua, for fostering sustainable development by regenerating degraded pasturelands. The company dedicates 20 percent of its plantations as natural habitat that protects biodiversity by prohibiting illegal hunting. EcoPlanet also focuses on employing persons with disabilities and empowering women through recruitment to managerial positions. Wagner Asia Equipment, LLC, in Mongolia, a heavy equipment dealership, is recognized for its commitment to public/private partnerships with Mongolia’s local and national governments designed to protect the environment. Initiatives include planting more than 900 trees. conducting workshops for students on environment and ecology, implementing a project to build a community garden and rehabilitating a toxic waste site. Other finalists include the Coca-Cola Company, in the Philippines; Chevron Corporation, in Burma; ContourGlobal, in Togo; General Electric, in South Africa, General Electric International, in Tunisia; GlassPoint Solar, in Oman; and the Linden Centre, in China. For more information on finalists, visit Tinyurl.com/ACE2014Finalists.

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People in the United States waste more than a third of all of the food they produce, but more than 180 cities and towns are beginning to realize that wasted food can be valuable; they are asking residents to separate unwanted food from the rest of their trash and put it in a curbside compost bin. The idea is to stop sending food waste to the landfill, where it generates harmful methane gas pollution, and start turning it into something useful, like compost. In 2011, Portland, Oregon, launched a curbside compost program in which residents are encouraged to put food scraps into the city’s green yard waste bin. Since then, the amount of garbage sent to the landfill has decreased by 37 percent. According to Bruce Walker, the city’s solid waste and recycling program manager, the program also reduces the environmental footprint of the trash heap. Getting people to separate their food waste, however, can be difficult. To motivate its residents to put more food waste in the compost bin, the city of Seattle, Washington, has proposed both making curbside composting mandatory and fining residents a dollar every time they put a disproportionate volume of food waste in their trash.

University of Adelaide researchers are introducing a “flying doctor” method of employing bees as preventive medicine. Project leader and bee researcher Katja Hogendoorn, Ph.D., says, “All commercial cherry growers spray during flowering to control the later development of cherry brown rot. Instead of spraying fungicide, we’re using bees to deliver a biological control agent right to the flowers, where it’s needed.” The innovative delivery works via entomovectoring. This is a new technique for Australia, with potential application in many horticultural industries. The biological control agent contains spores of a parasitic fungus that prevents another fungus that causes the brown rot from colonizing the flower. Future applications of the small, winged medics are expected to become available for disease control in almonds, grapes, strawberries, raspberries, apples, pears and stone fruit.

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Nature’s Wisdom Its Lessons Inspire, Heal and Sustain Us by Christine MacDonald

The environment is not separate from ourselves; we are inside it and it is inside us; we make it and it makes us. ~ Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, Amazon shaman

hile the idea that we humans stand apart from—or even above—nature is a prevailing theme in much of modern civilization, naturalists and other clever souls throughout the ages have observed that the opposite is true: We are part of, depend on and evolve with nature— and we ignore this vital connection at our peril. “If one way is better than another, that you may be sure is nature’s way,” admonished the Greek philosopher Aristotle, in the third century B.C.E. “Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms the judgment of nature,” Roman politician and philosopher Cicero ruminated two centuries later. Nobel Prize-winning physicist and philosopher Albert Einstein remarked, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” Today, more of us are looking to nature for ways to improve physical, mental and emotional health, develop 30

intelligence, innovate, overhaul how we build homes and neighborhoods, and raise our children.

Healthful Nature

As Henry David Thoreau wrote in his classic 1854 book Walden, “We need the tonic of wildness.” While we know firsthand how walking in the woods can elevate mood, scientists have documented that a regular dose of nature has other far-reaching benefits. It can lower stress hormone levels, blood pressure and undesirable cholesterol; help heal neurological problems; hasten fuller recovery from surgery and heart attacks; increase cancer-fighting white blood cells; and generally aid overall health (Health Promotion International research report; also Nippon Medical School study, Tokyo). Regular playtime outdoors helps children cope with hyperactivity and attention deficit disorders, accord-

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ing to research published in Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care. Exposure to nature can help adults escape from today’s wired lives; reinvigorate, be fitter and less likely to suffer from obesity, diabetes and heart disease, as reported in studies published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and a University of Washington research summary. It can also unlock understanding of the spiritual essence of life. Hours regularly spent by youth outdoors stimulate imagination and creativity and enhance cognitive development, helping them learn. Nature also helps youngsters develop social awareness, helping them better navigate human relations (Tinyurl.com/ OutdoorHealthBenefits Research). “It’s strange and kind of sad that we are so removed from nature that we actually have to ask why nature is good for us,” says Dr. Eva Selhub, a lecturer at Harvard Medical School, author of the new book Your Health Destiny, and co-author of Your Brain on Nature. “The fact is our brains and bodies are wired in concert with nature.” Recognition of nature’s positive effects has grown so much in recent years that physicians increasingly write their patients “prescriptions” to go hiking in the woods, counting on the healthy exercise and exposure to sunlight, nature and soothing views to address health problems stemming from poor diets and sedentary lifestyles. Healthcare clinics and hospitals in Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, Indianapolis, Albuquerque, New Mexico, California’s Bay Area and elsewhere have launched Prescription Trails programs aimed at objectives from preventing obesity in children to healthful activities for retirees (Tinyurl. com/AmericanHealthTrails). Bestselling author Richard Louv calls the positive nature effect “vitamin N” in The Nature Principle. He contends: “Many of us, without having a name for it, are using the nature tonic. We are, in essence, self-medicating with an inexpensive and unusually convenient drug substitute.”

Such ideas are commonly accepted in many cultures. The Japanese believe in the restorative power of shinrin-yoku, which could be translated as “forest medicine” or “forest bathing”. Indigenous peoples like the Brazilian tribe led by Shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, fighting to preserve their land and way of life in the Amazon, profess to be at one with the innate riches of sustainable rainforests (SurvivalInternational.org/parks).

Innovative Nature

Scientists, inventors and other innovators are increasingly inspired by nature. Biomimicry, part social movement and part burgeoning industry, looks to how Earth’s natural systems work and solve problems. University of Utah researchers, inspired by the durable homes built by sandcastle worms, are creating a synthetic glue that one day could help repair fractured bones. Architectural components manufacturer Panelite makes energy-efficient insulated glass by mimicking the hexagonal structure that bees use in honeycombs. (Find other precedents at Tinyurl.com/ BiomimicryCaseExamples).

Scientific studies show that a regular dose of nature has far-reaching health benefits. More doctors now write “nature” prescriptions for their patients. The inspiration for biomimicry comes from many places, says Dayna Baumeister, Ph.D. co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8, a Missoula, Montana, company working with other companies and universities to propel biomimicry into the mainstream. “People are recognizing that they’ve been disconnected to the natural world,” she says. “We also realize that [as a species] we are in trouble. We don’t have all the answers, but we can look to other species for inspiration” for clearing pollutants from our bodies and environments. Plants and fungi are now commonly used to clean up old industrial sites that resemble nature’s way of

removing pollutants from water and soil. A University of California, Berkeley, meta-study confirms that farmers currently using organic farming methods and solar power achieve roughly the same crop yields as conventional techniques with far less dependence on fossil fuels, reducing greenhouse gases and petrochemical pesticide and fertilizer pollution.

Cyclical Nature

These breakthrough technologies emulate the way nature uses the building blocks of life in an endless cycle of birth, reproduction, decay and rebirth. It’s part of a broad rethinking of the principles behind sustainability— building, manufacturing and living in greater harmony with natural systems, perhaps eventually eliminating landfills, air and water pollution, and toxic site cleanups. “A toxin is a material in the wrong place,” says architect William McDonough, of Charlottesville, Virginia. The only individual recipient of the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, he is co-author of Cradleto-Cradle, a groundbreaking book that

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Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discord. The proportions and accommodations that ensured the stability of existing arrangements are overthrown. Of all organic beings, man alone is to be regarded as essentially a destructive power. ~George Perkins Marsh, Man and Nature (1864)

calls for re-envisioning even the nastiest waste, and The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing for Abundance. McDonough imagines a world where waste becomes raw material for new buildings, furniture and other goods— akin to how a forest reuses every deceased tree and animal to nourish the ecosystem and spawn new life. With 80 percent of U.S. residents currently living in urban areas, architects, builders and municipal planners are likewise pivoting toward nature, prompted by the scientific evidence of the many ways that human health and general well-being rely upon it. While this contact is preferably the kind of “stopping by woods” that inspired New England poet Robert Frost, even a walk in a city park will work. “Urban nature, when provided as parks and walkways and incorporated into building design, provides calming and inspiring environments and encourages learning, inquisitiveness and alertness,” reports the University of Washington’s College of the Environment, in Green Cities: Good Health. The American Planning Association stresses the importance of integrating green space into urban neighborhoods. Not only does so-called “metro nature” improve air and water quality and reduce urban heat island effects, urban wilds such as Pittsburgh’s Nine Mile Run and Charlotte, North Carolina’s Little Sugar Creek Greenway also restore natural connections in densely populated city centers.

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A growing number of scientists say that research about our place in nature has sparked fresh thinking about our role and devastated quaint notions about our 32

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species’ superiority. “Single-celled slime molds solve mazes. Brainless plants make correct decisions and bees with brains the size of pinheads handle abstract concepts,” points out Anthropologist Jeremy Narby, author of the groundbreaking book Intelligence in Nature. At a national conference of Bioneers, an organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and San Francisco that gathers nature-minded social and scientific innovators, Narby said: “We are nearly identical to many animals. Many behaviors once thought to be exclusively human are shared by other species. The zone of the specifically human, as determined by science, has been shrinking.” We haven’t lost the ability to tap that primal animal inside, even if most of us are more likely to “venture into the forest” by watching a movie or playing video games. We may feel cut off from our instincts, but studies show time in the woods can do wonders to restore the keenness of our senses to connect with the subtle changes in natural habitat, the movements of other species and the changing seasons. The rise of human civilizations may have taken “survival of the fittest” in new directions, often decidedly tamer ones, but experts ranging from scientific researchers to lifestyle analysts say humankind is still hardwired by our more primitive past. Despite the ingenious ways we’ve devised to exploit other life forms, capitalize on Earth’s resources and protect ourselves from nature’s sometimes terrifying power, our fate remains linked to natural laws and limits, from nurturing our body’s immune system to resolving planet-sized problems like climate change. “‘Nature’ is our natural environ-

ment,” according to Selhub. We don’t have to move to the country to reconnect, she says. “Even spending 20 minutes a day outside has an effect.” Houseplants, nature photos and aromatherapy Earth scents can also help indoor environments better reflect our own nature. The wealth of research and common sense wisdom is aptly summed up by celebrated author Wendell Berry in The Long-Legged House. “We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it’ll be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it.” Christine MacDonald is a freelance journalist in Washington, D.C., whose specialties include health and science. Visit ChristineMacDonald.info.

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or most individuals, odorous chemicals are simply unpleasant. For those that are sensitive and susceptible, however, even common chemical exposures may evoke a toxicant-induced loss of tolerance (TILT) marked by multiplesystem symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, autoimmune disease, asthma, depression and food intolerance. Since the post-World War II expansion of petrochemicals, the incidence of TILT has increased dramatically, says Claudia Miller, a medical doctor, researcher and professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and co-author of Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes. “Fortunately, public awareness has also grown significantly in the last few years,” says Rick Smith, Ph.D., a Canadian environmentalist who co-authored Toxin Toxout. “Now companies and governments worldwide are moving toward making safer products.” We can support progress by leveraging some practical tips in greening our home. Start somewhere. Many volatile organic compounds (VOC) that in-

clude formaldehyde and benzene are concealed in household items such as couches, chairs, particleboard furniture, mattresses, box springs, carpeting, rugs, synthetic flooring, wallpaper and paint. Green TV host and Fresh Living author Sara Snow implores us not to become overwhelmed, disheartened or fearful. “Creating a healthy home is a gradual process that doesn’t require throwing all the furniture out,” she advises. Start by scrutinizing labels and choosing not to bring new toxins in. For example, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is widely found to be associated with reproductive toxicity and is found in many waterproofed and flexible plastics. Select PVC-free toys, shower curtain liners and mattress covers. In the kitchen, avoid potentially carcinogenic perfluorinated chemicals (PFC) found in nonstick coatings of pots and pans. Toss the Teflon when it scratches, says Snow, and upgrade to stainless steel or cast iron. Weed out bisphenols, the DNA-disrupting chemicals found in plastics and epoxy resin can liners. Even “BPA-free” products likely contain alternative and equally harmful natural awakenings April 2015

substances, according to a recent study published in Chemosphere. Choose clear glass instead of plastic containers. When remodeling, look for zeroVOC items, Miller says, plus materials free of stain-resistant sprays and flame retardants whose efficacy is questionable. Consider natural fiber rugs like jute or wool. Forest Stewardship Council-certified hardwoods or alternative flooring like cork or glass tile are safer investments in long-term well-being. Clean green. Conventional cleaners are among the worst offenders, and even some “eco-cleaners” can be deceptively unsafe, says Smith. He recommends avoiding antibacterial products containing triclosan, which proliferates antibiotic-resistant bacteria that prolong and exacerbate illnesses, as well as phthalates, a chemical oil that carries artificial aromas and has been repeatedly linked to cancer and abnormal fetal development. “Even so-called natural fragrances are often complex petrochemicals that outgas and contaminate the air,” notes Miller. Snow advises formulating products at home using staple pantry ingredients, including distilled white vinegar for disinfecting, baking soda for scouring, liquid castile soap for sudsing, lemon juice for degreasing and olive oil for polishing. Freshen with fresh air. Americans spend about 90 percent of their time amid indoor air pollutants that are

Even small changes can measurably reduce your family’s daily exposure to healthdamaging chemicals. ~Rick Smith significantly more concentrated than outdoor pollutants, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports. “Most energy-efficient homes are well sealed with ventilation systems that recirculate indoor air, so opening the windows helps dilute accumulated airborne toxins,” says Miller. Snow further recommends bringing air-purifying plants into the home such as Gerbera daisies, bamboo palms and English ivy. Vacuum and dust. Vacuuming with a high-efficiency particulate arrestance (HEPA) filter and dusting with a moist cloth eliminates allergens such as pet dander, mites, pollen and mold, and helps remove phthalates, flame retardants, lead and pesticides that “latch onto house dust and accumulate in dust bunnies,” says Smith. Weed out lawn chemicals. “Organophosphate pesticides are profoundly neurotoxic,” says Miller, especially to the developing brains of children. Instead try integrated pest management, which involves controlling pests’ food

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In recent decades, homes have been built tighter to increase energy efficiency, causing airborne pollutants and the byproducts of living to stay contained indoors with little fresh air relief.

he Everclean Green air filter, developed by eGreen technologies and marketed locally by Emerald Air Services, protects homes by reducing energy use and indoor pollution. The air inside our homes is polluted by volatile organic chemicals (VOC) that include lead (in house dust), formaldehyde, fire retardants, radon gas or fragrances used in conventional cleaners, shed skin, decomposed insects, carpet fibers and animal dander. The Everclean Green air filter utilizes a method of scrubbing the air and freeing airflow using an invisible broadband electromagnetic energy and hydroxide technology that cleans the air without restricting airflow, thus eliminating the diffusion of VOC and the collection of debris on the evaporator coil. This exclusive new technology

is an innovation that is changing an industry comparable to what the selfdefrosting refrigerators and self-cleaning ovens did to their industries. In recent decades, homes have been built tighter to increase energy efficiency, causing airborne pollutants and the byproducts of living to stay contained indoors with little fresh air relief. The primary factors which increase concentrations of pollutants are inadequate ventilation, high temperatures and humidity. Potential health risks associated with exposure to VOC include nausea, dizziness, worsening of allergies and asthma; and with long-term exposure, increased risk of cancer, kidney, liver and nervous system damage. There are many sources of VOC in the home, they range from combustibles like

wood and off-gassing from cabinetry or furniture made of pressed wood products to seemingly benign carpet backing, pollen tracked by our pets or a new coat of paint on the walls. The number one aggressor in indoor air pollutants is mold within the air conditioning unit. To improve indoor air quality and eliminate VOC in the home, an adequate air filtration system is the best solution. Douglas Wagner, the co-owner of Emerald Air Heating and Air Conditioning, explains this mechanism: “The evaporating coil on an AC unit moves equivalent of the total volume of air in the home every eight minutes,” says Wagner. “This provides a large opportunity for the organic material that is produced by daily living to be delivered to the cold, dark and damp environment of the unit to feed mold spores, which feed and then circulated their byproduct VOC throughout the house or building.” Molds are estimated to be the primary cause of 80 percent of allergies and asthma. Emerald Air customer Charles Key says, “My wife and I were always suffering from allergies. After a few weeks with the Everclean system in place, we have gone off our allergy medication.” Key has also seen a decline in his energy consumption every month. “Our kilowatt usage has declined 3 to 10 kilowatts per day since installation.” By creating a healthier indoor environment using a greener ventilation system, homeowners can prevent exposure to both short-term and longterm allergens, pollutants and VOC to eliminate allergy and asthma triggers and increase energy efficiency. Having indoor air quality tested is the first step to help you breathe easier. Emerald Air Services serves Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton Counties that offers comprehensive repairs, installations and emergency service 24 hours a day, even on weekends and holidays. For more information, visit EmeraldAir Services.com. Kyla Stevens is a freelance writer in St. Petersburg, FL, for Natural Awakenings magazine. Connect at Kyla.Stevens@ ncf.edu. natural awakenings April 2015

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nitiatives are underway to make solar powered electricity competitive with traditional sources of electricity by the end of the decade. Dan Gardner, owner of Compass Solar, is encouraged as the cost of producing solar energy comes closer to offering real savings. He states that the cost of solar is just about on par with the cost of coal or oil now because of new technology to

produce cheaper photovoltaic panels and declining installation costs. The U.S. solar industry had a record-shattering year in 2014, accounting for a third of all new electric generating capacity installed. There is now enough solar power installed in the U.S. to power 4 million homes. Solar accounted for 32 percent of new generating capacity in the U.S. last

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year, beating out both wind energy and coal for the second year in a row. Only natural gas constituted a greater share of new generating capacity. For the first time, each of the three major U.S. market segments—utility, commercial and residential—installed more than a gigawatt of photovoltaic (PV) power last year, according to a new report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. Plus, more than half a gigawatt of residential solar installations came on line without any state incentives in 2014. A new bill in Congress would lower the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency clean air standards after which Florida has modeled their own, and Gardner is concerned about current action that the Florida legislature is taking to follow suit. Some legislators argue that the present standards will cause conventional energy rates to skyrocket. Gardner states, “Nothing’s changed in the belief that we either pay it now or pay it later. When you consider that coal-fired power plants generate over 140 million tons of toxic coal ash every year; enough to fill 426,780 Olympic swimming pools, we must consider what the cleanup cost of coal is now and in the future. We finally have the resources now that are on par with coal production, between solar panels and natural gas as a back-up.” Gardner also supports the Floridians for Solar Choice (FSC), which would allow Floridians the choice to buy solar-generated electricity directly from a company other than a monopoly electric utility, which is currently against the law. “Local power companies would not be investing in solar energy themselves if they didn’t believe it was a viable resource, but making choices available is exactly what we need in order to bring more opportunity and lower costs to consumers,” he says. “We must urge our community to get behind this ballot because I believe it will open the door for more financing options.” For more information, visit CompassSolar.com and seia.org/smi.

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aint is everywhere we look. It makes our life colorful and comfortable and even affects our moods. Paint can be found on the walls of our homes, our work places, offices, playgrounds, hospitals, theaters and stores. It’s also the first thing we think of when we want to update the look of our surroundings. But there’s danger lurking in that can, in the form of exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC), the source of that new paint smell. Exposure to VOC in paint can trigger asthma stacks, eye irritation and dizziness and other symptoms, and studies indicate long-term exposure to VOC may be linked to cancer. Thus, choosing a low- or no-VOC paint can improve indoor air quality and our health. Voluntary compliance for VOC content in paint products has been described by Green Seal, an independent nonprofit that sets standards for environmentally responsible products. The Green Seal certification standard GS-11 is based on VOC content, the absence of chemicals, durability and performance, among other criteria. Look for this seal when buying paint. The Behr Premium paint line has a zero-VOC version that comes in more than 4,000 colors and is available at

Home Depot. Benjamin Moore has a line of Natura waterborne paint, a zeroVOC qualifying product that comes in the company’s full line of colors and doesn’t need a primer on most surfaces. Sherwin-Williams has a zero-VOC Harmony acrylic latex paint with antimicrobial additives to help minimize the growth of mold and mildew on both the interior and exterior of a dwelling. Milk paint is an organic product with ingredients that include biodegradable proteins, milk and minerals. It is made from milk, lime and pigment found in the environment, such as coal for a black pigment or clay for a reddish tint. A new paint from YOLO Color-

house is made without carcinogens, VOC, formaldehyde or phthalates. The containers are 100 percent recycled plastic and the trucks used to ship the product use bio-diesel fuel. Choosing a professional painter is just as important as the paint. They should be fully licensed and insured, with references from past clients. Talk with them about the type of surface to be painted and whether they need to do repairs such as filling holes or removing curtains and towel bars. The location of the job is also important if it is outdoors and subject to the weather. The degree of difficulty is often related to the price quote, which should be in writing, and include materials to be furnished and necessary labor, including assistants. Deposits are often required and the painter may requiring the owner of the property to show proof of fire, tornado and other necessary insurance. Choosing no-VOC, fast-drying paint helps both the customer and the painter, because they are exposed to the fumes on a regular basis. While we are not responsible for their welfare in their chosen profession, it might be that our own inquiries lead the painter to discover insights about new products they can recommend to future customers, completing a circle of awareness that benefits everyone. John S. Frey is the manager of Spectrum Painting of Northwest Florida, LLC, in Niceville. For more information, call 850-897-0700.

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Dogs with Library Cards Kids Love Reading to Animals by Sandra Murphy

The goal of Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ), launched in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1999 as part of Intermountain Therapy Animals, is to improve children’s literacy skills with the mentoring help of certified therapy teams. Its reach has spread through library programs across the U.S. and Canada and internationally, with other therapy groups following suit.

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octors told the parents of an 11-year-old autistic son that he would never read… so quit trying to teach him,” says Suzanne Vening, an organic farmer in Jackson, Mississippi. “The doctor didn’t count on Adam, my Australian shepherd.” Abused and abandoned before being adopted by Vening, she had trained him for therapy work. Vening knew nothing about autistic or learning-disabled children, but she knew Adam could work miracles. The boy made eye contact with Adam during his library visit and read a few words. His parents were overjoyed as his reading continued to improve. “It’s hard to include children with special needs in many family activities,” Vening says. “A library is a place the whole family can enjoy.”

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She advises, “Designate a safe corner where a child can escape if feeling overwhelmed. After entering the room, handlers should sit on the floor with the dog lying beside them. A standing dog can cause too much excitement. It’s important to trust that your therapy dog will know how to approach a child that’s afraid, has tremors or can’t sit up or sit still.” “An animal’s heartbeat seems to call to kids,” observes Rachael Barrera, a children’s librarian at Brook Hollow Public Library, in San Antonio, Texas. “Dogs have come here once a week for more than a year. Now older kids that are comfortable with the reading program are showing younger ones how to choose a book.”

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At California’s Benicia Public Library, kids read to Honey, a friendly brown dog, on Wednesday afternoons. Sheila Jordan, managing editor and owner of Booklandia, founded in Bend, Oregon, says her 8-year-old, Chase, found it difficult to concentrate because of ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). “The Tales and Tails program was a big help. All summer, we went every week and chose books he said the dog would love.” Jordan’s reward was a more focused child; Chase’s reward was a dog of his own last fall. North Carolina’s Charlotte Mecklenburg Library offers 14,000 free programs a year throughout its 20 locations, including Paws to Read. Librarian Cathy Cartledge, reading program coordinator for the Morrison Regional branch, shares this story from Jaylee’s mom, Jill. “Jaylee was tutored in reading for a year. After she also began reading to Zoey, a great Pyrenees, or Hunter, a golden retriever, I saw improvement in fluency, confidence and enjoyment. It worked miracles compared with the hours and money spent for tutoring,” her mom remarks. The Mount Prospect Library, near Chicago, has an age requirement for its Tales to Tails program. “Rachael, 8, will hardly put a book down now,” says her

mom, Nicole Sasanuma, a senior associate with Business Communications & Advocacy, in Northbrook, Illinois. “Her sister, Emi, 6, is anxious for her next birthday so she ‘can read to doggies,’ too.” Reading programs aren’t limited to libraries or schools. Jean Maclean, of Lompoc, California, trains her two dogs in agility and rally skills. For a change of pace, they visit the Chumash Learning Center, in Santa Ynez, once a month. The Chumash people value education from both its elders and teachers outside the tribe. Maclean relates that Donny, age 11, was afraid of dogs until he met hers, after which his teachers saw his reading improve three levels in one semester. Animals help kids relax and become teachers to the dogs. Researchers at the University of California, Davis have found that reading skills for kids that read to dogs during a 10-week literacy program improved by 12 percent. Children in the same program that didn’t do the same showed no improvement. Dogs and other pets prove that reading out loud doesn’t have to be scary. All it takes is a good book and a good listener. Connect with freelance writer Sandra Murphy at StLouisFreelanceWriter@ mindspring.com.

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Cleo, a small gray cat that lives with Michelle Cardosi, a retail clerk in Denver, enjoyed her Love on a Leash therapy visits. When she became arthritic, moving from lap-to-lap was painful, and Cardosi considered retiring her, but Cleo didn’t agree. “So we went to the library’s Whiskers and Tales program instead, where she could sit on a pillow, get petted and be the center of attention,” she says. “She was able to visit until her 18th birthday.” Clifford, a 24-year-old Morgan horse, is a well-known literacy advocate. He tours libraries in Michigan and using a sponge and watercolor paint, “signs” his biography, Clifford of Drummond Island, by author and Lansing artist Nancy Bailey, for his fans. “The kids probably won’t remember what I say, but they’ll always remember the day they saw a horse in the library,” says Bailey. “We’ve been visiting for about four years. He’s nosy and gets into everything, like the day he noticed the used book shelf. He picked out pulp fiction books and kept handing them to me.” Bailey notes that Clifford teaches children that horses have feelings and a sense of humor when he goes for laughs and changes his responses when doing tricks.

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The Food Artisans Next Door Homemade Delicacies, Direct from Our Neighbors by Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko

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batches daily,” says Ruth Wardein, coowner, with Andrew Amick, of Epiphany Gluten Free Bakery, in Naples, Florida, which she launched from her home kitchen. Besides gluten-free cookies, cakes and breads, she’s always “perfecting” her Paleo cookies, brownies and pancake mix. Paleo recipes contain no grains, dairy, yeast or refined sugars, explains Wardein. “They require nut and seed flours, coconut oil and natural sugars like honey or maple syrup. So they are naturally higher in protein and fiber and lower in carbs than the average glutenfree recipe.” “We’re experimenting with the community supported agriculture model with local fruit,” says Erin Schneider. She and her husband, Rob McClure, operate Hilltop Community Farm, in LaValle, Wisconsin, which produces value-added products with organically grown crops. “We have salsas, pickles and jams. Our black currant and honey jam is sold before it’s made. Rob’s garlic dills have their own following.” Wisconsin’s cottage food law restricts sales to only high-acid foods.

Quality over Quantity

Neighbors in most states can now legally buy fresh breads, cookies In Royal Oaks, California, Garden and preserves from local food artisans. Variety Cheese owner, cheesemaker

he locavore movement of eating locally produced foods continues to expand, thanks to 42 states passing cottage food laws that permit community members to make certain foods at home to sell to neighbors. Some enterprises use a contract packer to deliver on a scale not possible domestically, or even operate from a commercially licensed production facility. From sauerkraut and distinctive jams and organic jellies to gluten- or peanut-free cakes and regional artisanal breads, some of the most flavorful products are being produced with no chemical preservatives, artificial colors or other laboratory ingredients. Nearly all are made in small batches, and usually by the owner. Many source local ingredients or serve special dietary needs largely underserved or ignored by larger food businesses. “In a sharing economy, individuals look less to big chain stores for 40

their food needs and more to each other, making fresher, tastier and often healthier foods more accessible,” explains Janelle Orsi, co-founder of the Oakland, California, Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC), citing its Policies for Shareable Cities report partnered with the nonprofit Shareable. The Specialty Food Association reports that sales of specialty foods—primarily at grocery retailers, but also cottage operators via farmers’ markets and direct orders when allowed by their state—grew 22 percent from 2010 to 2012, topping $85 billion.

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and shepherd Rebecca King feeds her 100 milking ewes organically raised, irrigated pasture grass and brewer’s

grain to yield award-winning farmstead easier-to-digest sheep cheeses from her Monkeyflower Ranch. “Many first-time customers like my story as a small producer and want to buy direct from the farm. They keep buying because of the taste,” says King. “My marinara and pizza sauces are made in small batches by hand in a home kitchen, enabling us to hot pack them to retain the ingredients’ natural favors,” says Liz James, owner of The Happy Tomato, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her sauces are also low in sodium and contain no sugar, saturated fat or gluten. James’ production is facilitated by Virginia’s home food processor license, which lets her work from home and sell wholesale. Whole Foods Market is among her major retail accounts. When home-based cottage food businesses are spurred into expansion to keep up with demand, a situation sometimes complicated by state limits on sales volume, many opt for renting space in the growing number of incubator, or community, kitchens nationwide. “We did farmers’ markets for three years and went from seven customers to thousands,” says Wardein, who now rents a commercial kitchen space. “Returning customers are the momentum that has pushed us forward.” “By growing food in and around our own neighborhoods and cities, we decrease our dependence on an oftentimes unjust and ecologically destructive global food system and build stronger, more connected and resilient communities,” affirms Yassi Eskandari-Qajar, director of SELC’s City Policies program. “We think it’s important to produce what grows well on our soil and then sell it, so that ecology drives economics, rather than vice versa,” says Schneider. “Random things prosper in our area, like paprika peppers, elderberries, hardy kiwi, garlic, pears and currants. It’s our job as ecologically-minded farmers to show how delicious these foods can be.”

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Healing Journeys

Paul Stutzman Finds Universal Truths on His Treks by Randy Kambic

aul Stutzman was a successful executive with a family restaurant chain and a happy father and husband married for more than 30 years when his wife, Mary, passed away from breast cancer in 2006. Questioning his faith as to why this happened, Stutzman quit his job to hike the 2,168-mile Appalachian Trail (AT), advising everyone he encountered, “Don’t take spouses and families for granted.” His book, Hiking Through, recounts this extreme adventure and relates his subsequent thoughts about grief, healing and life. Stutzman chronicled his second journey, a 5,000-mile-plus cross-country trek, in Biking Across America. This time, he perceived a “noble, yet humble America that still exists and inspires.” More recently, the author has turned to fiction with The Wanderers and Wandering Home, both enriched with reflections upon the values of his Amish Mennonite upbringing and marriage.

What kept you going? Early on, I realized how soothing nature was to my grieving soul. Still,

there were times it would have been easy to abandon my journeys and head for the safety of home. The desire to discover if my life held any meaning after such a great loss kept me moving forward. I kept telling myself on both journeys, “If my wife can fight cancer for four years, I can overcome any obstacle I encounter.” I was determined to write about what I was being taught by nature. I also believed books written by and about someone seeking solace via an incomplete pilgrimage would be cheating the reader.

What do such journeys teach about nature and our response to experiencing it? I find comfort in nature. I believe the beautiful streams and waterfalls, the grand views from mountaintops and the wildlife were all created for our enjoyment. When we absorb this beauty and wonderment, the stresses in life slowly melt away. Granted, not everyone will be able to do what I did; however, a stroll through a local park, along a beach or in a flower garden can have similar effects.

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Did these extended physical endeavors make mental demands that catalyzed unexpected self-growth? Treks like these into the unknown are physically demanding. With time and effort, one’s body gets into shape for extended hiking and biking. The mental hurdle must be crossed next. You’ll miss home and loved ones. Loneliness will set in. This is where you discover who the real you is. Are you tenacious enough to push through the desire to abandon the pilgrimage or will you succumb to the allure of comfort and safety? On my journeys, I had to make difficult choices. There is a saying that applies to folks planning to hike the AT end-to-end through 14 states: “If hiking the entire Appalachian Trail isn’t the most important thing in your life, you won’t accomplish it.” My daughter gave birth to my grandson while I was hiking. Although she asked that I come home for the event, I declined. I kept on hiking because I knew I wouldn’t return to the trail if I went home. I’d spent my lifetime trying to do the right things for my three children, but now had to do what was right for me.

What did you learn about Americans along the way? I discovered that most Americans are kind, law-abiding citizens. Most are still willing to help a stranger in need. Unfortunately, I feel we focus too much time and energy on the minority of malcontents.

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EARTH IN PERIL Children Confront Climate Change by Avery Mack

his month, Home influence, according to We only have Nino Box Office (HBO), University of South Carolina in collaboration with one home. If we statistician John Grego. New York City’s American “The globe is warmer Museum of Natural History, mess this one up, than it has been in the last will air the new documenwhere do we 100 years,” says climate tary, Saving My Tomorrow. scientist Jennifer Francis, go next? Scientists representing Ph.D., of Rutgers Univerthe museum discuss how ~Hippocrates, age 8 sity, in New Jersey. “Any temperature change affects wisps of doubt that human life on Planet Earth, but the activities are at fault are majority of voices are those of children. now gone with the wind.” Their words cry out for universal action to prevent them from inheriting what At Sea they believe is a dying planet in desper“We do more damage to the planet ate need of healing. than we think.” ~Peri, age 9

How have these experiences informed your creative process? In the Atmosphere America is a great country. The beauty I’ve witnessed from a bicycle seat and on two feet hiking the mountains is a continual source of inspiration. Many folks are unable to do what I do. My ongoing desire is to describe the images imprinted in my mind in such a way that others can feel as if they are there walking with me. For more information, visit PaulStutzman.com. Randy Kambic is an Estero, FL, freelance writer and editor who regularly contributes to Natural Awakenings. 42

“We need to know the truth, because adults clearly aren’t doing enough to stop this.” ~Zoe, age 12 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA recently announced that last year was the hottest in 135 years of recordkeeping, with rising ocean temperatures driving the global heat index. Nine of the 10 hottest years have occurred since 2000. The odds of this taking place randomly are about 650 million to 1, especially without an El

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In the same 100 years, sea levels have risen seven inches, mostly due to expansion as the water warms. “We have over 2 million preserved fish in our collection. We study them to see the effect of temperature change,” says Melanie Stiassny, Ph.D., curator of ichthyology at the museum. “The mummichog fish is less than an inch long. It’s a bottom feeder and that’s where pollution like mercury lies. When the water is warm, fish eat more and mercury is stored in their bodies.” The contaminants move up the food chain, bringing the effects of pollution to our dinner table.

A 2006 study by Nicola Beaumont, Ph.D., with the Plymouth Marine Laboratory UK, found that 29 percent of the oceans’ edible fish and seafood species have declined by 90 percent in the past 100 years. The international team of ecologists and economists led by Boris Worm, Ph.D., of Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, predict total saltwater fish extinction by 2048 due to overfishing, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. Rising ocean acidity due to absorption of increasing carbon dioxide and other emissions from burning fossil fuels impacts creatures large and small, like dissolving the shell of the tiny sea butterfly, a vital link in the ocean’s food chain. Americans currently consume 4.5 billion pounds of seafood each year.

“The skins show us how birds lived years ago.” In just the past 100 years, bird species that have gone extinct range from the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) to the onceabundant passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) and Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis). In Colorado, 70 percent of the lodgepole pines have been lost, with pines in other states also in trouble. Pine beetles feed on the pines. Historically, winter brings death to both the beetles and weakened trees, which fall to feed a renewed forest. Due to warmer temperatures, the beetles are living longer and migrating to higher altitudes to kill more trees. Forest fires follow the dry timber line.

On Land

“I don’t have time to grow up before becoming an activist.” ~Ta’Kaiya, age 12

“Each species was put here for a reason. We are the caretakers.” ~a youth at a climate rally Scientists look back to look ahead. Henry David Thoreau fell in love with the wilderness around Concord, Massachusetts, 160 years ago. From his renowned journals, scientists know when flowers like the pink lady slipper (Cypripedium acaule), bird’s-foot violets (Viola pedata) or golden ragworts (Packera aurea) used to bloom. Today, with temperatures six degrees Fahrenheit warmer than in Thoreau’s time, these species now bloom two weeks earlier. The Canada lily (Lilium canadense), plentiful before, is now rare, unable to adapt to the new reality. Paul Sweet, collections manager of the museum’s ornithology department, studies “skins” (stuffed birds). He says,

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done. ~Amelia Earhart

All Are Needed

“Get your parents involved.” ~Teakahla, age 11 Children are more informed now than ever before. Schools offer classes on ecology, the environment, global warming and climate change. Disasters are instant news, constantly streaming through digital media. Kids are aware that they need adults to work with them to keep Earth habitable. HBO will air all four parts of Saving My Tomorrow starting Apr. 22. Check local listings—and watch as a family. See Tinyurl.com/SavingMyTomorrow. Connect with freelance writer Avery Mack at AveryMack@mindspring.com.

Forward Good Change Today 4 Reuse more, buy less. Less trash equals less pollution. 4 Bike or walk, instead of driving. Don’t use the car at least one day a week. Less use of fossil fuels equals less drilling, fracking and oil spills. 4 Substitute a planet-healing activity for the usual after school program. Replace lawns with native plants, which need less water and no mowing. Email manufacturers to urge them to use less packaging and plastic, auto makers to produce more fuel-efficient cars, grocery stores to carry more locally sourced foods and ban plastic bags, and government agencies to improve pollution control measures. 4 When eating meat, make sure the animals were humanely and locally raised, not factory farmed. 4 For fish, factory farmed is preferred when farmers are vetted by watchdog agencies for being devoid of disease, pollution and heavy metals; clean fish are especially rare among international providers. Learn more at Tinyurl.com/ SustainableFishFarming. 4 Support wildlife. Help hatchling sea turtles make their way to the sea. Predators and man are the biggest threats—only one in 1,000 hatchlings reach adulthood. Plant milkweed to feed monarch butterflies. Use natural insect repellants like basil or marigolds instead of killer sprays. 4 Speak out and speak up. Search c2es.org/science-impacts/basics/kids for event ideas and resources.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 1 Balanced Body Teacher Training – Balanced Body Instructor Certification, taught by Susan Clark, covers: Mat I & II, Reformer I, II, & III and Apparatus I, II, & III. Cost depends on module. See website for details. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. Info@PurePilatesPensacola. com. PurePilatesPensacola.com.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 Pure Pilates’ Balanced Body Teacher Training – Pure Pilates is proud to offer the Balanced Body Comprehensive Instructor Certification Course, a program that is internationally respected. Susan Clark, owner of Pure Pilates, will be instructing the courses offered. The program will cover the following topics and courses will run continuously throughout the year: Mat I & II Reformer I, II, & III Apparatus I, II, & III Applicants can register for individual Mat, Reformer, or Comprehensive Training. . Cost varies depending on training module. See website for details. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. Info@PurePilatesPensacola.com. PurePilatesPensacola.com.

FRIDAY, APRIL 3 Friday Candlelight Meditation with Dr. Michael DeMaria – 7:30p-9pm. A meaningful holy week meditation on Good Friday remembering the day Christ was crucified to contemplate all that is dying in our lives so we can make room for all that is trying to be birthed in our lives. Be encourage to let go and surrendering deeply, honoring the profound mystery of life and death that we find in each breath, accommpanied by candlelight. $20. Breathe Yoga and Wellness Center, Historic Seville Square, 505 Adams St, Pensacola. 850-470-4444. Info@BreathePcola.com. BreathePcola.com

SATURDAY, APRIL 4 Lunar Eclipse Event with Alice McCall – 9-10:30am. Through a guided healing meditation you will be aligned with the new aspects that are beginning to be revealed for yourself and the earth. $20 Via Teleconference. Res. Req., Alice@HealingPath.info. 850-585-5496. HealingPath.info. The Emergence of the World Teacher & the Promise of the Future – 2:30pm. Free talk about humanity’s incredibly bright future. The World Teacher will inspire the human family to become a functional family & to live in peace in harmony.

Free. Pensacola Main Library, 239 North Spring St, Meeting Room C, Pensacola.

MONDAY, APRIL 6 Essential Oils 101 – 6:30-8:30pm. New to Young Living and how to use Essential oil? This class is for you. Free. Unity Salon Center , 919 West Michigan Ave, Pensacola. 850-232-9180. Unity SalonSpa@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9 The Emergence of the World Teacher & the Promise of the Future – 10:30-11:30am. Free talk about humanity’s incredibly bright future. The World Teacher will inspire the human family to become a functional family & to live in peace in harmony. South West Branch Library, 12248 Gulf Beach Highway, Pensacola.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11 Yoga of Twilight: Transitioning with Grace and Grit, On and Off the Mat with Dr. Michael DeMaria – 3-5pm. Transtion to a liminal place – betwixt and between where great challenge and beauty reside. This ‘gap’ is the place where all manifestation occurs. Practice the art of unknowing, surrendering into the twilight your own being and becoming through meditation, movement and mindfulness practices. $25. URU Yoga and Beyond, 2400 Executive Plaza Rd, Pensacola. 850-377-5334. Info@UruYoga.com. UruYoga.com.

TUESDAY, APRIL 14 Joint Care with Alice McCall – 6pm-7pm. A guided healing meditation that targets healing and preventative care to have healthy joints. Experience energy work on this issue. $15 Via Teleconference. Res. Req., Alice@HealingPath.info. 850-585-5496. HealingPath.info.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16 Old Thyme Remedies Herbal First Aid Workshop – 11am-1:30pm. Learn the herbs to have on hand for simple first aid and their medicinal properties, simple remedy making, and the usages and dosages to use in first aid situations. By the end of class you will have a complete herbal first aid kit; all you’ll have to add is your favorite bandages. Call the shop to reserve your spot today. Space is limited. . $35. Old Thyme Remedies, 2475 E. Nine Mile Rd, Ste E, Pensacola. 850-9126-996. OldThymeRemedies@ cox.net. OldThymeRemedies.COM.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Energy Medicine 101 Full Day Retreat with Tanni Hall – 9am-5pm. Increase your vitality, improve your health, and feel more joyful with Eden Energy Medicine, instruction and hands-on experience introduced in Donna Eden’s award winning book, Energy Medicine. Be empowered with self care techniques to increase your energy, fortify your immune system, enhance inner peace, and build resiliency. This class is full of practice but, ends with each participant giving and receiving an EEM mini-session. Full day retreat with light organic lunch options available for purchase during the 2hr break Complementary sauna and steam therapies available. (bring swim suites). NCBTM - Approved 6 hrs. Class size limited 24 participants. via Skype Availble. Advance Reg. Req. $125 (add $10.00 for CE). East of Eden Retreat and Spa, 234 Dog Hobble lane, Point Washington, Santa Rosa Beach. 850-797-4754. EastOfEdenRetreatAndSpa@gmail. com. EastOfEdenRetreatAndSpa.com.

MONDAY, APRIL 20 Essential Oils Make and Take – 6:30-8:30pm. Use your Young Living oils to make 3 items and take five items home to enjoy. $20 covers supplies. Unity Salon Center, 919 West Michigan Ave, Pensacola. 850-232-9180. UnitySalonSpa@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23 Musical Echoes Native Flute School with Dr. Michael DeMaria, Dr. Clint Goss and Vera Shanov – 9am-5pm. 2-day intensive program. 4/23, 4/24. Immediately followed by the main Musical Echoes Flute Festival. Two days of workshops, presentations, and (most enjoyably) music-making. A main focus of the session will be on the topics of: Health & Healing Song Composition, and Solo Performing. Each day can be attended separately. $100 per day or $169 for both. Marina Bay Resort, 80 Miracle Strip Pkwy. SE, Fort Walton Beach. NativeFluteSchool. com/menfs15. The Emergence of the World Teacher & the Promise of the Future – 1:30-2:30 pm. Free talk about humanity’s incredibly bright future. The World Teacher will inspire the human family to become a functional family & to live in peace in harmony. Tryon Branch library, 1200 Langley Ave, Pensacola.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24 eVest Florida PACE Workshop – 8:30am-9:30am. Covers wind-hardening upgrades, energy efficiency updates and renewable generation (solar) projects for commercial and residential property owners in Walton County and commercial property owners in Escambia County. Learn about qualifying projects and finance terms with no upfront costs or credit check. Eligibale amount is dependent on the equity in the property, with terms are up to 25 years. Contractors will learn how to become PACE-authorized and offer their services to interested property owners that want to use PACE funding. Free. Coffee and bagels will be provided. RSVP eVestFlorida.com event/ registration page. Free. Veronica Cross, 850855-2682 or crossv@FloridaPACE.gov. Walton County Area Chamber, 63 South Centre Trail, Santa Rosa Beach. eVestFlorida.com.

SUNDAY, APRIL 26 Partner Yoga – 2-4pm. Connect with your favorite person through this fun and inspiring Partner Yoga Workshop, led by two beautiful yogi souls Shantaya and Addison Wakeford. No prior partner yoga experience necessary. Space is limited. Pre-Reg. Recommended. Reg Online $40 per couple, $45 at the door. East of Eden Retreat and Spa, 234 Dog Hobble Lane, Point Washington, Santa Rosa Beach. 850-797-4754. EastOfEdenRetreatAndSpa@gmail. com. EastOfEdenRetreatAndSpa.com.

SUNDAY, APRIL 26 Yoga FUNdraiser for ADK – 1-2:30pm. Join Cristina Boswell for this all levels yoga class that will benefit the ADK scholarship House at FSU. The ADK house is for women seeking their degree in education. Funds help with books, supplies, and other needs for college students. Suggested donation $10-$15. The Yoga Junkie Studio, 1157 John Sims Pkwy., Niceville. 850-279-6980. YogaJunkieStudio@gmail.com. YogaJunkieStudio.com.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 25 The Emergence of the World Teacher & the Promise of the Future – 10:15-11:15am. Free talk about humanity’s incredibly bright future. The World Teacher will inspire the human family to become a functional family & to live in peace in harmony. Gulf Breeze Library, 1060 Shoreline Dr, Gulf Breeze.

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Michael Brant DeMaria in Concert at Musical Echoes 2015 – 7-7:45pm. 4-time Grammy nominee, Native American Music Award Winner and 6 time ZMR Award Winning recording artist Michael Brant DeMaria will be playing at the beautiful outdoor venue at the Landing in Fort Walton Beach for the 2014 Musical Echoes Festival. Michael has 5 consecutive number one albums and is regularly heard on XM/Sirius radio, Soundscapes Cable, and Echoes. Free. The Landing Ft. Walton Beach, FWB. MusicalEchoes.com.

Essential Oils 102 – 6:30-8:30pm. Learn how to use Young Living Essential Oils beyond the basics of aromatherapy. Laurie Azzarella, YL Diamond leader will share new ways of application for personal use that encourage optimal wellness. Bring your friends and make scents of it all. $5 at the door. Unity of Pensacola Fellowship Hall, 716 North 9th Ave, Pensacola. 850-380-4943. Laurie. Marketingscents.com.

plan ahead SUNDAY, MAY 3 Endocrine System Healing with Alice McCall – 3-4:30pm. The endocrine system regulates hormones that play vital roles in our wellbeing. Experience energy work to clear and open this part of you for physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits. $20 Via Teleconference. Res. Req., Alice@HealingPath. info. 850-585-5496. HealingPath.info.

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Equipment Classes: Mon/Wed/Fri – 8:309:30am. Progressive, advanced and intermediate classes. 9:45am modified for those needing it. Limited to 6 participants each class. $30/drop-in, $25/account basis. Pilates Core Training, 1310 B Dunmire, Dunmire Village, Pensacola. 850-2875836. PilatesCoreTraining.com. Pilates Mat Classes – Gulf Breeze classes are Mon 8:30am, Wed 9am and 5:30pm and Sat 9am. Downtown classes are Tues 10:15am and 1:15pm, Wed 8:30am, Thurs 10:15am and 1:15pm and Sat 10:30am. $12/drop in, $100/package of 10. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. Info@purepilatespensacola.com. PurePilatesPensacola.com.

monday Myo/Gyro/Mat Class – 5:15-6:15pm. Class begins with Pilates mat exercises to warm up and strengthen our core, then moves into myofascial release stretches and body rolling, and finish with some gyrokenisis spinal articulation. $15/drop-in, $10/account basis. Pilates Core Training, 1310 B Dunmire, Dunmire Village, Pensacola. 850-2875836. PilatesCoreTraining.com. In the Flow Yoga with Dr. Michael DeMaria – 5:30-6:30pm. For beginners to advanced practitioners, flow from rhythmic movement and laughter to flowing yogic postures and meditative stillness, all accompanied by live music. Bring a yoga mat. $10. Sanders Beach Community Center, 913 South I St, Pensacola. 850-436-5198. MDeMaria@ontos.org. Ontos.org. Vinyasa Flow Yoga – 6-7pm. Vinyasa Flow Yoga. All levels welcome. Focus on releasing tension, stress and dis-ease in the physical body. 60 Min. Followed by an optional public meditation following at 7pm. $12. Light Energy Dancing, 348 Miracle Strip Pkwy, Ste 27, FWB. 850-543-1970. LightEnergyDancing@gmail. com. LightEnergyDancing.com.

Aerial Movement Classes – 1pm & 6:30pm Hang from the ceiling with us. Downtown Pensacola. $24/ drop in, $20/in class package. 850-932-3424. Info@ PurePilatesPensacola.com. PurePilatesPensacola.com. SMART Recovery Meeting – 2pm & 6pm.SMART Recovery, Self Management for Addiction Recovery is the leading self-empowering support group. Learn recovery based on scientific research and participate in free, self-empowering, science-based mutual help groups. Free. The Bindu Institute in the Group Room, 1913 Highway 87, Navarre. 850-692-9824. Maegan@thebinduinstitute.com.

Aerial Movement Classes – Hang from the ceiling with us. Gulf Breeze class is Thurs 10am. Downtown Pensacola classes are Wed 1pm and 6:30pm and Friday 9am. $24/drop in, $20/in class package. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. Info@purepilatespensacola.com. PurePilatesPensacola.com. Barre Classes – Gulf Breeze classes are Mon 5:30pm and Wed 7am. Downtown Pensacola classes are Mon 12:15pm and 5:30pm, Tues 12:15pm, Wed 9:30am and 5:30pm, Thur 12:15pm, and Sat 1:30pm. $12/drop in, $100/ package of 10. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. Info@pure pilatespensacola.com. PurePilatesPensacola.com.

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Pranic Healing for the Public – 6:30pm. 1st Mon. Pranic healing is effective in helping the body to heal itself of pain, inflammation, injuries, stress and emotional issues such as grief, anxiety and PTSD. Sessions on a walk-in basis. The Center for Pranic Healing and Wellness, 206 B Center Rd, Gulf Breeze. 850-380-0561. Pranic HealingAndWellness.com.

tuesday SMART Recovery Meeting – 12-1pm. SMART Recovery, Self Management for Addiction Recovery is the leading self-empowering support group. Learn recovery based on scientific research and participate in free, self-empowering, science-based mutual help groups. Free. The Bindu Institute in the Group Room, 1913 Highway 87, Navarre. 850-692-9824. Maegan@thebinduinstitute.com. Meditation – 6pm. Meditation offers innumerable benefits for your body, mind and spirit. The rest is deeper than sleep. The deeper your rest, the more dynamic your activity. Guided meditation led by Rev Jamie Sanders. Love offering. Unity of Pensacola, 716 N 9th Ave, Pens. 850-438-2277. Unity@unitypns.org. UnityPns.org. Truth on Tap – 6-7pm. Last Tues. Rev Jamie Sanders leads an evening of lively spiritual discussion over food and drinks. Participants responsible for cost of their food and drink. Free attendance. Ozone Pizza Pub, 1010 N 12th Avenue, #111, Pensacola. 850-438-2277. Unity@ unitypns.org. UnityPns.org. Cook Up a New You – 6-8pm. It’s easy to make meals with real food, not the packaged stuff with ingredients you can’t pronounce. Learn meal planning and meal preparation tips for nourishment of the body and soul. $450. So Gourmet Pensacola, 407 South Palafox, Pensacola. 850748-3149. Kathy@KathyHubbardHerbalist.com. KathyHubbardHerbalist.com. Twin Hearts Meditation and Healing Clinic – 7:15-8:15pm. Promoting stress reduction and general wellness. Protocols for most physical and emotional ailments. Thanks for bringing canned food for Manna. Free. EverMan’s Natural Foods Community Rm, 315 W Garden St, Pensacola. 850-433-2042. PranicHealingAndWellness.com.

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Aerial Movement Classes – 1pm & 6:30pm Hang from the ceiling with us. Downtown Pensacola. $24/ drop in, $20/in class package. 850-932-3424. Info@ PurePilatesPensacola.com. PurePilatesPensacola.com. Beginning Yoga – 5:30pm. 2nd & 4th Wed. Ric Kindle leads beginning Yoga. $5. Unity of Pensacola, Fellowship Hall, 716 North 9th Avenue, Pensacola. 850-438-2277. Unity@UnityPNS.org. UnityPNS.org. Peace Within Healing Meditation with Dr. Michael DeMaria – 5:30-6:30pm. Guided healing meditation with sound healing proven to help with PTSD, anxiety, depression, chronic pain and many other challenges. Bring mat, cover, pillow for a lying down meditation. $10. Sanders Beach Community Center, 913 South I St, Pensacola. 850-436-5198. MDeMaria@ontos.org. Equipment Class – 6pm. Taught by Beth Bradford. . $30/drop in, $25/account; 6 participants per class. Pilates Core Training, 1310 B Dunmire, Dunmire Village, Pensacola. 850-287-5836. BHBruni@aol. com PilatesCoreTraining.com.

thursday Aerial Movement Classes – 10am. Hang from the ceiling with us. Gulf Breeze. $24/drop in, $20/ in class package. Pure Pilates, 221 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze. 850-932-3424. Info@PurePilatesPensacola.com. PurePilatesPensacola.com.

friday Aerial Movement Classes – 9am. Hang from the ceiling with us. Downtown Pensacola. $24/drop in, $20/in class package. Pure Pilates, Info@PurePilatesPensacola.com. PurePilatesPensacola.com

saturday Saturday Equipment Classes – 7:45am, 9am. Starting your weekend with a equipment class will assist you in feeling energized and ready for the weekend. Limited to 6 in each class. $30/drop-in, $25/account basis. Pilates Core Training, 1310 B Dunmire, Dunmire Village, Pensacola. 850-2875836. PilatesCoreTraining.com.

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ACUPUNCTURE DR SHERYL ROE

Acupuncture Physician Navarre • FWB 850-225-3460 • DrSRoe.com Acupuncture works. Learn how it can work for you at the Navarre, Destin or Mary Esther. Treating all types of pain, addiction, sleep disorders, stress, fibromyalgia, PTSD. Feel better soon. See ad, page 28

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AYURVEDA EMERALD COAST FUNCTIONAL FAMILY MEDICINE Peter Kozlowski, M.D. 850-830-7517 • DocKoz.com DockOzMD@gmail.com

Emerald Coast Functional Family Medicine offers food sensitivity testing, functional medicine and healthy aging consultations, hormone replacement therapy, medical detoxification, nutrition, prenatal care, primary care, pediatrics, second opinions and specialized testing. See ad, page 3.

BARRE CLASSES PURE PILATES

Gulf Breeze Proper 221 Gulf Breeze Pkwy • 850-932-3424 Downtown Pensacola 426 S Palafox • 850-607-2772 PurePilatesPensacola.com Come strengthen and stretch with Pure Pilates’ Barre class. Barre is a body changing workout set to music and designed to be fun without stressing or straining the body. See ad, page 11 and 14.

ACUPUNCTURE VETERINARIAN CHRIS LEWIS DVM, CVA

Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist 2101 N Palafox St • 850-433-2812 LewisDVM09@gmail.com Specialized in acupuncture for animals to treat issues involving pain management, arthritis, anxiety, hip dysplasia, skin and other conditions not responding to conventional Veterinarian Medicine as well as providing traditional Veterinarian medical support. See ad, page 39.

AIR CONDITIONING EMERALD AIR SERVICES, L.L.C. HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING

112 Beal Pkwy SW, FWB 850-244-2665 • EmeraldAirFWB.com To greatly improve system efficiency, equipment performance, and longevity, eliminate filterchanging inconveniences and provide you home with the purest, healthiest air. Choose Everclean Green. See ad, page 18.

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BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONE THERAPY NITIN BAWA, MD

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Destin: 850-424-7320 • DrBawa.com General medicine with a holistic wellness approach and specialized services in bio-identical hormone therapy, weight loss, food allergies, nutritional analysis and anti-aging procedures. Most insurance accepted.

BREAST SCREENING HEND-RX NUTRITION & LABORATORIES Dr. Garry Hendricks, N.D. 205 Kelly Ave NE, Ste A, FWB 850-736-5700 • HendRx@Live.com

Screening with thermography can detect abnormalities in the very earliest stages cardiovascular, breast thyroid, hormonal digestive, diabetes, TMJ. Also offering personalized healthcare assessments and organic botanical supplements. See ad, page 8.

COLONIC THERAPY PENSACOLA WELLNESS CENTER, LLC

Beverly North, LMT, CT 945 W Michigan Ave, 6C, Pensacola 850-449-5572 • MA 56835 • MM24149 Wellness requires a state of b a l a n c e . We o f f e r c o l o n h y d r o t h e r a p y, r e f le x o lo g y, massage therapy and other alternative modalities to help you achieve/maintain your wellness model. See ad, page 20.

609 West Chase St, Pensacola 850-582-0177 • CamyKilker@gmail.com Providing an organic solution to beauty in a world full of chemicals. Organic Salon Systems gives you clean and healthy hair with ammonia free hair color and chemical free styling products. See ad, page 25.

SILA BEAUTY AND HEALTH

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SKINDEEP CLINIC WELLNESS CENTRE

Cindy Butler, Owner/Therapist 4012 Commons Dr W, Ste 120, Destin 850-269-1414 • SkinDeepDestin.com Colonics, ionic footbaths, infrared saunas. Organic non-surgical facelift, weight loss (lose 20 lbs in 40 days), body wraps, massage, teeth whitening, airbrush tan, makeovers.

Sila is an all natural dietary supplement for optimal hair growth that restores hair vitality and supports the natural production of collagens ability to increase hair thickness and strength. See ad, page 38.

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CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY SHARALEE HOELSCHER, RCST Certified Rolfer (MA34039) Registered Craniosacral Therapist 850-450-8508 HealingWithBodywork.com

ENERGY CONSERVATION EMERALD AIR SERVICES, HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING

112 Beal Pkwy SE, FWB 850-244-2665 • EmeraldAirFWB.com To greatly improve system efficiency, equipment performance, and longevity, eliminate filterchanging inconveniences and provide you home with the purest, healthiest air. Choose Everclean Green. See ad, page 18.

Get out of pain once and for all. Treat the source, not the symptom. Enjoy moving freely in a more organized, comfortable and balanced body. See ad, page 28.

DENTISTRY DR DAYTON HART, DMD

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Free book: Mercury Free Dentistry. Ozone, laser no-suture gum surgery, test for compatible materials, cavity-causing bacteria. Examine for gum disease bacteria. Laser cavity diagnoses, saliva, ph check, oral galvanic screening; no fluoride. See ad, page 10.

DETOXIFICATION EMERALD COAST FUNCTIONAL FAMILY MEDICINE Peter Kozlowski, M.D. 850-830-7517 • DocKoz.com DockOzMD@gmail.com

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FLORIDA PACE

Veronica Cross Outreach Coordinator 866-558-3180 • FloridaPace.gov Florida PACE program is a sustainable energy funding program that provides up to 100% financing for energy saving efficient projects based on property equity and repayment through tax rolls. See ad, page 36.

ESSENTIAL OILS LAURIE AZZARELLA, LMT, CRR

DINING SYNERGY ORGANIC JUICE BAR AND CAFÉ 120 Miraclestrip Pkwy SE 850-865-4919 SynergyOrganicCafeFWB.com

Juice Bar and Café offers farm-to-table meals prepared with regionally sourced organic produce and pantry items; glutenfree, dairy-free. Whole food cooking, juicing, gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan and raw food classes are available. See ad, page 29.

Young Living Educator, Sponsor #327923 850-380-4943 LaurieAzzarella@gmail.com WellnessPurposeAbundance.com/YL/123 Experience the healing, uplifting and detoxifying benefits of therapeuticgrade essential oils and supplements. Contact us for personal consultations, inhome classes, household products, health supplements, diffusers, group presentations and business training. See ad, page 21.

FOODS & SUPPLEMENTS ALTERNATIVE HEALTH FOOD STORE 5533 Highway 90 850-994-3606 AlternativeHealthFoodStore.com Alternative Health Food Store Since 1998.

Educated and friendly Staff, Quality Vitamins & Supplements.Essential Oils for a healthy lifestyle. Natural Health Assessments: Iridology Tongue and Fingernail Assessment, Reflex Nutrition Assessment. By appointment, $50. See ad, page 27.

ESTHER’S GARDEN OF HEALING, LLC 8184 Navarre Pkwy • Navarre 850-499-3670 EsthersGardenOfHealing@live.com

A unique establishment specializing in 150+ bulk herbs, 40+ loose teas, homeopathic remedies and our herbal skincare line. Find us on Facebook for an updated schedule of our weekly workshops. See ad, page 31.

OLD THYME REMEDIES

Theresa Ellis and Beth Workman 2475 E 9 Mile Rd, Ste E, Pensacola 850-912-6996 • OldThymeRemedies.com Offers more than 200 varieties of loose herbs, top brands of essential oils, tools and accessories, herbal formulas and homeopathics, ionic foot detox and infrared sauna. Kangen water is also available. See ad, page 23.

PACE WELLNESS CENTER

Katie Lastinger, Owner 850-994-5656 • PaceWellnessCenter.com Facebook/The-Wellness-Center Offers supplement/herbal wellness; assessment practices: iridology, tongue/fingernail/pulse analysis, glandular body typing. Healing therapies: ionic footbath, hot house, chi machine, and massage therapy.

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PENSACOLA NATURAL FOODS, INC 916 W Michigan Ave, Unit C, Pensacola 850-433-8583 PensacolaNaturalFoods.com

1 5 % o ff v i t a m i n s , h e r b s , homeopathics. 10% off groceries for military. Natural and organic groceries; wheat-, dairy-, glutenfree foods; nitrate-free meats, poultry; low-carb foods; organic wine, beer; locally-made jewelry, soaps, candles. Bulk discounts. See ad, page 10.

WILD ROOTS MINDFUL EATING RESTAURANT AND MARKET 5 Via Deluna, Pensacola Beach 888-935-8827

Clean, organic, vegan, Paleo, gluten free and Dairy Free foodsPure, Fresh, Simple. Mindful, health-conscious eating on Pensacola Beach. Organic menu and market salads, wraps, sandwiches. See ad, page 21.

FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE EMERALD COAST FUNCTIONAL FAMILY MEDICINE Peter Kozlowski, M.D. 850-830-7517 • DocKoz.com DockOzMD@gmail.com

GREEN CLEANING XCLEAN CLEANERS

Organic Dry Cleaner & Laundry 1143 Gulf Breeze Pkwy, Gulf Breeze 850-932-2565 XClean.net No petroleum based or perchloroethylene chemicals used. Dry clean and laundry, wash and fold, all households linens, leather, purse, wedding dress, drapes, uniforms. Free pick up and delivery in Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. See ad, page 24.

HEALING ARTS MICHAEL BRANT DEMARIA, PHD

Psychologist, Yoga/Meditation Teacher Sound Healing Artist, Speaker, Author Info@ontos.org • MichaelDemaria.com Free meditation series at Youtube. com/MBDemaria; upcoming events at PeaceWithinNow.com. Ongoing meditation/yoga classes at Sanders Beach Community Center. 850-436-5198. Healing music available on iTunes, Amazon.com, CDbaby.com.

HEALING PATH, ALICE MCCALL

Transformational Energy Healer/Counselor BS Psychology, MBA, Hypnotherapist 850-585-5496 • HealingPath.info Phone sessions to heal serious health issues, unwanted patterns, and more. Authored Wellness Wisdom on natural health and healing; inspired by her journey with cancer.

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To greatly improve system efficiency, equipment performance, and longevity, eliminate filterchanging inconveniences and provide you home with the purest, healthiest air. Choose Everclean Green. See ad, page 18.

Tom Mueller, CMC, CHt 850-865-0285 • DestinHypnosis.com Facebook.com/DestinHypnosis Certified hypnotherapist and master life coach. Hypnosis is powerful anytime a change in feeling, thinking or behavior is desired. My mission is your success. Call today. See ad, page 9.

MAIA RIZZI, CCHT

Graduate of State Licensed School Clinical Hypnotherapist Pensacola • 850-291-8041 MaiaRizzi33@gmail.com Life is often challenging...Experience Hypnosis, dreamwork, regressions, inner personality dynamics, spiritual counseling. Reduce stress and anxiety; re-establish self empowerment. See Monthly articles in Bella Magazine; Monthly presentations at Everman’s. Call for free consultation. See ad, page 37.

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE JIM’S HERB & VITAMIN SHOP 850-607-2364 YourBloodFlow.com D’Oxyva, Iridology, Reflexology

Holistic counseling, iridology, reflexology, bio-feedback, vitamin deficiency testing, ear candling, Nature’s Sunshine, far infrared detox, foot detox and live blood cell analysis, herbs, and vitamins.

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Psychic Connections by Juls 850-533-9448 JulConstantine@gmail.com PsychicConnectionsByJuls.com Intuitive, medium, author and teacher. More information on Jul’s website. Discover your intuitive abilities by signing up for a Psychic Development Workshop. Readings are in person or by phone.

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THE HEALING CLINIC OF FORT WALTON BEACH Felicia McQuaid 850-217-2771 TheHealingClinicFWB.com

Certified Advanced Angel Reader through Doreen Virtue. Connect with your Angels to receive love filled guidance and clarityabout specific questions and areas of life. Sessions available in person or via skpe or facetime.

MYOFASCIAL RELEASE BARBARA BRUNI

Pilates Core Training New Location: 1310 B Dunmire, Dunmire Village, Pensacola 850-287-5836 • BarbaraBruni.com Myofascial release treats the entire myofascial mind/body complex, eliminating the pressure of the restricted myofascial system (the straight-jacket) that causes painful symptoms. LMT # MA64267. See ad, page 9.

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Letting go of someone or something we love or depend on can cause us to experience serious separation reactions ranging from anger and anxiety to grief and fear. Hypnosis gently promotes acceptance and recovery. A complimentary CD comes with sessions. See ad, page 37.

MASSAGE THERAPY EAST OF EDEN RETREAT AND SPA 234 Dog Hobble Ln Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 850-797-4754 EastOfEdenRetreatAndSpa.com

The ultimate destination for health and beauty in Northwest Florida, provides a wide range of spa services and holistic treatments to revitalize your body, mind and spirit. Massages, facials, advanced anti-Aging skin care, hair styling & makeup, naturopathy and acupuncture are offered in synergy to make your inner & outer beauty shine through. See ad, page 2.

Graduate of state licensed institute Clinical Hypnotherapist Pensacola • 850-291-8041 MaiaRizzi33@gmail.com Unrelieved pain can be debilitating; no one should have to experience that every day. Hypnosis is regarded by many in the scientific community as a scientific approach for pain management which is entirely safe. It cannot harm you and best of all, it has no side effects, other than feeling better. See ad, page 37.

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PILATES STUDIOS PILATES CORE TRAINING

Barbara Bruni, Owner New Location: 1310 B Dunmire, Dunmire Village, Pensacola 850-287-5836 • PilatesCoreTraining.com Mat, yoga, cycle, gyrokensis and equipment classes, or private sessions for a personalized e x p e r i e n c e . We b s i t e l i s t s instructors, class schedule and prices. See ad, page 9.

NATUROPATHY HEND-RX NUTRITION & LABORATORIES Dr Garry Hendricks, ND 205 Kelly Ave NE, Ste A, FWB 850-736-5700 • HendRx@Live.com

PURE PILATES

Gulf Breeze Proper 221 Gulf Breeze Pkwy • 850-932-3424 Downtown Pensacola 426 S Palafox • 850-607-2772 PurePilatesPensacola.com Join us at Pure to experience the largest Pilates studio on t h e c o a s t . Va r i e t y o f equipment and mat classes are offered 6 days a week. Tone your core with Pure. See ads, page 11 and 14.

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Spend few days of decompression, away from the noise of the daily life. Explore our three comfortable short-term rental accommodations on our website. Complementary sauna, wet steam room, salt-water pool. Discounted spa services & daily yoga classes are available to our retreat guests. See ad, page 2.

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Certified Rolfer (MA34039) Registered Craniosacral Therapist 850-450-8508 HealingWithBodywork.com

Get out of pain once and for all. Treat the source, not the symptom. Enjoy moving freely in a more organized, comfortable and balanced body. See ad, page 28.

Unity of Pensacola offers spiritual teachings that empower abundant and meaningful living. We provide philosophy that is spiritual, not religious, and love-based, not fear-based. See ad, page 15.

STRESS REDUCTION

WEIGHT-MANAGEMENT NITIN BAWA, MD

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Since 1989 Compass Solar has provide the area with reliable solar electric, solar water heating, solar pool heating and solar attic fans powered solely by the Sun. An approved PACE funding contractor. See ad, back cover.

Stress cannot be avoided, but we can change our perceptions and reactions to it. Through hypnosis, by relaxing and entering your inner mind, you can change the part of you that’s in charge of all your habits and beliefs, and form new responses. You literally reeducate your inner mind. See ad, page 37.

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YOGA STUDIOS PURE PILATES

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